May 1976 Graduation Ceremony

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A video recording of the 1976 graduation ceremony at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. The video features a speech by president, Garry Neill Kennedy, who awards guest speaker Joseph Beuys an honorary doctorate from NSCAD. The video ends with Kennedy announcing and awarding the graduating students their diplomas. This was Beuys' second visit to NSCAD, the first visit was for the "The Halifax Conference" in 1970, which was also his first visit to North America.